Sporting Kansas City, a team traditionally known for defense, looks to build on their record setting 2018 campaign that saw them score the most goals in a season in team history. With additions like Kelyn Rowe and Erik Hurtado, the youth talent, and healthy Felipe Gutierrez, fans can expect more fireworks out of KC this season to complement their generally stingy defense.   …

Here we go again! Another off season, time for hope and optimism for every club. And for a team that has been around since the beginning like the Rapids the off season tends to be more of a drag. The last two seasons have been hurtful for the Rapids fans. Enduring some of the worst showings in team history, losing …

A new MLS season brings a host of new players to the league. While Luis Suarez will receive much of the attention, there are number of other recent signings who will hopefully prove to be fantasy relevant in 2024. Amahl Pellegrion (San Jose Earthquakes) Now 33, the winger has spent most of his career in Norway, including a recent spell …

Western Conference 2023 Preseason Preview Part 1 LAFC 2022 Takeaways Bale arrived to win a trophy and swiftly retire. Chicho Aarango scored more goals than anyone in MLS except Mukhtar. Crepeau posted a stellar first season behind a backline that changed more often than Montreal and Chicago changed their crests. Hollingshead scored goals and Bouanga joined in the summer and …

Previous Year Recap In the games Jara didn’t start, FC Dallas had 7 wins, 7 losses, and 8 draws. They scored 1.63 goals per game in those matches which was a season pace good for fifth in the league. At that clip, you would have thought they were a playoff team assuming the defense was up to their typical standard. …

Previous Year Recap Any other team which had to endure a full season without its star might well have simply written the year off from the start, let alone when that player is the reigning Landon Donovan MVP. Yet 2020 was neither a full season nor did LAFC intend to write anything off between Carlos Vela’s absence from the MLS …

Previous Year Recap What really needs to be said about 2020? The COVID-19 pandemic threw everything into unknown territory and at the end of the day, FC Cincinnati finished the year at the bottom of the overall table, again, and with a slightly better points per game ratio. There was one bright spot for the Orange and Blue during the …

Previous Year Recap The 2020 season was another challenging one for the Vancouver Whitecaps, from dealing with injuries to key players and having to play the latter half of the season in Portland due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team finished 9th in the Western Conference, putting them out of the playoffs for the third straight year. The Whitecaps have …

Previous Year Recap A college professor of mine once told me: “Good poets borrow. Great poets steal.” I’m not a poet, but I have written a dissertation that involved quoting lots of people who are far better thinkers and writers than I’ll ever be. With that in mind I’m going to kick off this recap of DC United’s 2020 season …

Previous Year Recap Red Bull New York fans were able to leave the 2020 season opener with a smile despite it being an apprehensive one. They won 3-2 against bottom of the 2019 table FC Cincinnati. The fans never thought a whole year would pass before they could take in a soccer match while eating empanadas and Dippin’ Dots at …